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[Vibrant Android Development] spiz516:
Like I said...

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/samsung-officially-says-vibrant-gps-fix-on-the-way/
[Vibrant Android Development] funeralthirst:
the stock settings kind of work for me (i did turn skyhook on, but i don't know if that's necessarily helping). i have also done a factory reset, but it didn't seem to improve anything. it doesn't get a full lock, but in the test i get 12 satellites listed immediately and about 8 connect. but it's accuracy is typically 40-50' and it kind of jumps around the same area. i tried messing with different configurations for supl.google.com and the port in the op, as well as deleting the gps data and using the test to lock satellites and the gps stopped working altogether.
[Vibrant Android Development] flyguy729:
Just wondering, can dis work on the Europe version of Galaxy S? I wanna try this fix!
[Vibrant Android Development] aohmer:
I tweeted t-mobile again asking for an ETA on the fix, they at least admit they are tracking the issue now ... so hopefully soon, I have passed my 14 day grace period ... I love the phone, but man fix the GPS!
[Vibrant Android Development] spiz516:
Same here. I'm pretty confident though... this phone is too big to ignore a problem this big. Hopefully sooner than later though. :cool:
[Vibrant Android Development] jmreed97:
“Samsung Mobile is aware that under certain conditions, the GPS on our U.S. Galaxy S devices may not be meeting performance expectations. We are diligently evaluating the situation and will provide an update as soon as possible.”

Is not the same as saying "a fix is on the way."

"an update" in this quote is likely to mean, "more information." If that is the case, a fix for the GPS issue is not happeing anythime soon.
[Vibrant Android Development] AustinKnight45:
Ya I noticed I had a real gps issue today while trying to find a place and my gps just wouldn't connect after I started driving this fix seems to connect a lot quicker so I'll test it out and see how it works for me next time I'm driving.
[Vibrant Android Development] Sawawa:
I tried to live with it, but this GPS issue is a total deal breaker. The complete lack of communication (half-assed statement from yesterday aside) has been disappointing too. How in the hell did this make it through testing?

I tried every single fix that was suggested in this thread. Sometimes things would look promising, but only while I was driving. Standing still or walking slowly would always reveal any perceived improvement to be a sort of placebo effect. Even while driving the map would be jumping me from the freeway to a location two blocks away or I would frustratingly hear new instructions as it told me to turn at an intersection below me that I was traveling above on an overpass.

I returned the phone today and ported back to Sprint, at least temporarily. I was willing to pay a small ETF to leave Sprint and to get what is quite clearly the best hardware on the market today. I didn't want to wait for Sprint's Galaxy S variant, the Epic 4G, because the physical keyboard on that just completely kills the appeal. Unfortunately reliable GPS is one of the most important features on a phone as far as I'm concerned. After seeing how terrible the compass and GPS are, and how utterly every single software tweak failed to make any long-term appreciable difference, I have serious doubts that the GPS and compass will ever function as well as it does on other handsets.

If the compass and GPS can truly be fixed by software it makes me question the Q&A process that the Vibrant and Captivate went through. If the compass and GPS issues are hardware related it makes me question the Q&A process that the Vibrant and Captivate went through. Seriously, how do you seemingly not test the GPS at all? Basically, there is no possible scenario where this doesn't amount to a gigantic black eye for Samsung at every possible step of the process:

The problem never should have left the factory in the first place--fail.

The problem should have been acknowledged quickly--fail.

The acknowledgement should have gone into specifics, either by reassuring customers that the issue is not related to defective hardware or by outlining a rough time frame for when an actual resolution might be possible--fail.

Attention hardware manufacturers: Please stop spending time on custom skins that are universally reviled and instead focus on making sure that one of your phone's most critical features isn't completely broken across several carriers and different handsets. Don't wait three weeks to talk about it. Don't release an announcement that infuriates existing customers ("Under certain conditions"? Like, when the phone is turned on? Is that what you mean by "certain conditions?").
[Vibrant Android Development] SamsungVibrant:
Fix didn't work for me

Before I did this fix, my phone could see 11 satelites in view. Not only did it not fix my GPS problem, now I only see 1 satelite in view.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Nicely said.
[Vibrant Android Development] thunderstruck!:
Very well said, but the CEO and shareholders need to hear it, not the users here. It's a crying shame such a beautiful screen and nice phone is marred by an obvious problem like this. Looks like they did no testing on the phone at all. This really shakes my faith in Samsung if something this basic makes it to market. This is not some super esoteric feature of the phone, it's one of the main selling points. Imagine if the Garmin phone had shipped like this.
[Vibrant Android Development] daleandla:
New Fix worked perfect for me. Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] Lucky13oz:
Humm for some reason this isnt working for me. I tried both options twice and my maps location and compass are still a little too much out of wack. BTW whay is Skyhook?
[Vibrant Android Development] fearmonkey:
No testing? I suppose you have never done QA for anything. Yes, bugs ship out all the time on devices. None is perfect. It's what a company *does* about it that matters. It hasn't even been a month and people are complaining that Samsung doesn't move fast enough on this. Maybe you don't have an idea of what it takes to fix a problem on such a large scale. And I'm not sure why you are bringing the Garmin phone up. GPS is but a mere bullet point on the Vibrant, one of many. It's "main selling points"? The things I see on the main vibrant page at samsung are Android 2.1, Social Networking and the AMOLED screen. I have to go into the specs to see "AGPS: yes". Garmin phone is (half way) from a company that specializes in GPSs. You can bet they spent most of their time on the GPS since THAT is it's selling point. If it weren't for the GPS, it would be an ASUS phone.

Now, if the PHONE didn't work..

[ETA] None of the fixes work for me. The GPS is spotty..waiting patiently. If you desperately need the GPS to get a fast lock and be accurate 100% of the time, return within Buyer's Remorse window. Im confident Samsung will fix it, just don't know when.
[Vibrant Android Development] thunderstruck!:
Sure GPS is a selling point. A lot of people are aware of Google Maps and what a step forward it is for navigating around large metro areas like Chicago. Neither of my GPS units has subway or bike routes on it. And my mom has expressed interest in upgrading to a smart phone, and she wants navigation capabilities for her trips down south in the winter. She also wants an easy to read screen, so if the GPS gets fixed this is the phone I'll be recommending.
[Vibrant Android Development] fearmonkey:
From wikipedia:

[A] technology for determining geographical location using Wi-Fi as the underlying reference system.

Basically, they wardrive all over the country recording wifi ap's and the mac addresses. Your phone turns on, looks for any wifi points, looks them up and guesses the distance from them thereby giving a position of sorts.

Personally, I'm suspect of their claims. Interesting that it's included though..
[Vibrant Android Development] fearmonkey:
I wouldn't go as far as to call it a "main" selling point. But, yeah, it's included, so I would expect it to work whereas mine is pretty much useless whenever I seem to want to use it. I certainly didn't buy the phone for its navigation prowess. Hopefully the people who did returned it.
[Vibrant Android Development] designerfx:
wow, I didn't read your post. you are 100% correct.

As a fellow chicagoan, metra is probably the easiest way. I wouldn't ask people to figure out the red line transfer and definitely not the bus routes.
[Vibrant Android Development] DATRUTH141:
I figured that I would give my own personal account of my experience with this proposed gps workaround. this is my first xda post, however I have been using android since the launch day of the g1 and have had it rooted since the first 1.5 builds started showing up. I have been using information posted on xda since day one, so i have alot of user experience with android. Before applying the fix, i was locking on to 1 satellite at best. after applying the fix, rebooting, and then following the instructions of the optional fix, I am now locking on to 11 satellites. when i back out of maps, the gps turns off just like it did before the fix. google maps is finding my location perfectly, even while in doors. In my experience, the gps fix is solid. for those still having problems, just check again and make sure that you followed the instructions exactly. If you still have issues, i truly am sorry for your difficulties, and hopefully Samsung will roll out a proper fix for the Gps and compass shortly.
[Vibrant Android Development] aohmer:
Did you follow the optional fix as well? Or just the top portion?
[Vibrant Android Development] almyz125:
Works better, but still not what it should be.
[Vibrant Android Development] routerbad:
I had major problems with GPS. Then I uninstalled any Google Maps updates. This fixed it. The version of GMaps that ships with the phone works fairly well, 4.4 (current version) breaks GPS functionality for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
I just uninstalled the latest GMaps and I got a 6 meter fix within seconds, wtf? 6 sats in use/10 in view, a first for me with it being that quick.

Yeah now it's giving me the Location Unavailable msg. Something is DEFINITELY broken here.
[Vibrant Android Development] jmattp:
Could this be a problem with only earlier devices? I just bought one today and I don't have any problems with GPS location. I tried it while driving and my location was broadcasted perfectly.

If not... could it have anything to do with devices activated in the store vs. at home? The T-Mobile employee who set up my phones said he had to "program it to the Android web towers".
[Vibrant Android Development] MV10:
Mine is only two weeks old today (with a build date of less than four weeks ago) and GPS, compass, and accelerometers are almost all non-functional. Sometimes the accelerometers work. Some of the GPS fixes suggested have improved satellite visibility, but not lock. My compass doesn't work at all.

My friend bought his the same day, and his build date is identical, and all of his stuff works.

Of the four Vibrants I've seen, it appears to be completely random.

I wonder, and haven't gone to check -- is it just Vibrants or is it affecting other Galaxy S models from other carriers as well?
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
Found the Fix to GPS.. I'll make an Update.zip for it for Rooted Phone's Later today..

Something stupid error breaks it..

~Eugene
[Vibrant Android Development] phonepersonality:
I tried all the GPS fixes (and messed around with a quite a bit of my own) and none of them seemed to work really well.

I decided to go back to the default settings i.e.

Standalone

www.spirent-lcs.com

7275

....Yada yada.

My GPS is locking to 3-4 really quickly now.

Indoors!

Weird :)
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
{UTIL}Vibrant GPS Fix for Rooted User's

As everyone Know's, the Samsung Vibrant GPS does not work Correctly, after getting some what **** when trying to use Maps, I decided to track down the Issue's with it!

The .zip is for Rooted user's only & I take no liability if it hoes your phone.

I flashed from ClockworkMod Recovery, Can't say it will flash via stock recovery.

File Download > http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?p=15337#post15337

Please enjoy,

~Eugene
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
I'm guessing we rename it to update.zip and flash it from recovery mode?
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
I flashed from ClockworkMod Recovery.. Can't say if it will flash from the regular recovery, as I didn't try this.

*EDIT*

It does take a few Seconds to lock on.. like around 10 or 15..
[Vibrant Android Development] skater4690:
what does it actually change?
[Vibrant Android Development] thunderstruck!:
Interesting. What did you discover that a whole roomful of Samsung Engineers have not been able to find? Here is an interesting post from the I9000 section.
[Vibrant Android Development] drewtang:
flashed your fix through clockwork Eugene, gmaps won't find my location, hangs forever then I get a force close error, is there anything I'm doing wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
rhcp011235

@Eugene_373 I didnt get a lock fast. did you revert back to stock settings?

Does work, not sure what is causing your issue, sorry.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Would you happen to have a .zip folder with the stock settings/files so we can flash back at will? I've flashed this zip through the Clockwork recovery and I will report back.
[Vibrant Android Development] drewtang:
That's cool I'll just go back to my nandroid and try again, thanks though, and I appreciate the work :)
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
So are we supposed to go back to stock settings then flash this? Or just flash and it'll change things?

Anyone flash through stock recovery?
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Hey Eugene,

Tried to hit you up on gtalk.

I put this up.

It doesnt seem to lock.

Did you revert back to any stock settings? if so, which ones?

I did alot of changes :) dont even know where i started heeh
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
Mine was Full stock settings... Never messed with any of theses Codec at all.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
From what I can tell, I rebooted, the phone locked up immediately when opening up GMaps (could be unrelated, it's happened before), then I rebooted and GMaps was unresponsive for the most part until after a minute or so. Lock still takes a very long time and it seems to cling to one sat with the lowest SNR at the moment.

Right now after going into LBSTestMode for the initial lock, it's clinging onto two sats with the highest SNR's, now it's just hanging onto 2 sats. Maybe you can work the settings around a bit more for a faster lock? Accuracy is at 7 meters
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
I'll just Upload my Rom with gps fixed and work for everyone..

Odin or Update.zip?
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
Update.zip
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Hey Eugene,

if you would not mind. Can you enter LBLtestmode and screen shot each of your settings?

id ask you to type them but screen shot is easier. alot of us inclduing me have changed things around.

Let me know

Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] teronzhul:
Well, I flashed Eugene's fix. I don't really see any noticable difference for better or worse.
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
My GPS didn't work all All ( Stock ) no messing with settings at all.. before fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Well.

I can confirm after flashing and doing the steps in the OPS fix. I lost gps 100%. now trying to figure out how to fix.

And in response to katkiller: This is why i dont jump test.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Same here, disabled GPS again because I can't bare the freezing it causes when an app decides to use it.
[Vibrant Android Development] s0niqu3:
I flashed the zip, and reverted to stock settings, and don't see much of a difference yet, still took 2-3 minutes for a lock in test mode, and wouldn't lock in maps until I did the position test in test-mode.

Sigh,

hopefully someday we'll have a fix from samsung for the gps & compass.
[Vibrant Android Development] teronzhul:
Ah I see. I misunderstood what this was for then.
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
LMAO! Must be my ROm then, as it works Fine with no Freezes..

I can't help what you guys did or played with regarding settings..

As frankly, I don't have any of the above problem..

~Eugene

p.s.

Just finished up the Rom with a huge amount of changes... Will have it uploaded soon.
[Vibrant Android Development] tissimo:
I flashed on the stock rom, and don't have any freezes. It seems to take less time to lock in for me. Thanks!

Sent from my SGS Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
I managed to get GPS back. While fooling around with settings.

its still as slow. 5-7 minutes to lock.

But, at least its working.
[Vibrant Android Development] masterotaku:
As a tip, I had freezes when applying his fix. But, using Rom Manager to "Fix Permissions" resolved the freezes for me.

The GPS is working better and more accurately for me, but it's still poor in comparison to my experience with the GPS in the (OMG can't believe I'm saying this) Behold II. LOL

Still, this makes GPS usable for me, and until Samsung gets the official fix out I suppose this will do. Thanks again Eugene! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
Now when you say lock. Does that mean when using navigation and ya enter in a location the amount of tine for it to find a route ? Or that long to find you on google maps? Or other?

I just got a lock in doors in 1 second and use gps all the time purposely to test it. It always send me to the right place or anything so I assume mines fine...

How y'all testing?
[Vibrant Android Development] Beowulf_pt:
Fully agree and nicely said indeed.

I will return my Samsung tomorrow or the next day. Fully gave up on the GPS issue, it is a failure and it will not be fixed as it is also a hardware issue (IMHO).

Shame because the rest of the phone is brilliant. Or almost.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
I am wondering if any others had these issues:

Did the fix, including the option second half.

GPS improved quite a bit, but the compass is still wonky as others have described.

However, I have noticed an increased battery drain and the phone is hotter, reporting temps over 40 degrees for the first time.

In addition.... and this is the interesting part.... after a clear lock on and the phone going into sleep mode.... the gps comes back as the original position. In other words, I will have the lock, travel down the road, the phone will sleep, I will wake it, and the position will be back at my house (or whereever I started).

Last issue, is that lock on is not really good unless I am moving.

I can live with all this... the Vibrant beats my G1 or Cliq hands down, but would love to have it be better.
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
What do you all consider a lock? When the gps finds the route in navigation ? Or?

Bump... anyone? In google maps it finds my location in like 2 seconds. If I use gps it finds a route in like 5 seconds..

It does pause for a sec while driving but will find me within a few seconds and keep chugging... I agree it could be better, but for me that's all I need ...

I just need gps every now and again and from my testing I get a fast lock fast route but could be a little more accurate ...

IMO not too bad.. I've seen worse gps on other devices...
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
Worked for me, Im getting a fix in about 5-9 seconds, MUCH more accurate than with stock/any other fixes. With the other fixes, my compass was still jacked, with this fix the compass works,.....but it is slow.

Don't know if this has anything to do with it but, I had just flashed the stock rom on saturday, my gps settings were stock, I flashed clockwork recovery, then flashed the zip from clockwork.

Thanks for the fix Eugene, hopefully this will hold me over until samsung/tmo get an official fix out.

EDIT: At lunch today i decided to try and see how it would work......it didnt work so well. finding where i was at that moment was ok, and planning the trip was fine, but once i started moving, it acted like it couldnt keep up, almost as if it was loosing the lock. to throw it off i took a detour and it took a good 10 seconds or more to figure out where i had turned and to re-route me. something is still not quite right. :(

but in all of this at least i can still hold it however i want and use it as a phone.......hahaha
[Vibrant Android Development] Keslynn:
After flashing the zip, my GPS took forever to lock on to my position.

If I nandroid back to before I flashed the zip, will it get rid of all the changes? Unfortunately, the GPS was working a bit better before.

But I want to thank Eugene anyway! It's very comforting to know that the dev community is working on this problem.
[Droid X General] stevey500:
Got the Droid X to activate it on Alltel like I did very successfully with my Eris.

Installed HW virtual serial port software, created the virtual serial port, phone was detected and showing up correctly in QPST, went directly to CDMA Workshop and ripped the NV file from the phone, edited all the NV information to alltel's 3G provisioning with a HEX translator, uploaded the NV file to the phone and uploaded the Alltel PRL... all seemed well. Restarted the phone, it now shows no service. When I go to Settings, it tells me the baseband version is "unknown" and it doesnt know the ESN or anything, that isn't good. I tried reconnecting to CDMA workshop, if I try to restore original NV file, it doesn't know the SPC anymore so it doesn't allow it, SPC 000000 isn't recognized now. How can I recover the radio ? I tried restoring it (hard reset) through the settings, security menu AND the Power+home buttons way. After restoring, still no service and SPC is still incorrect, how do I get the radio back to default values ? CAn I reflash the phone? Anyone know where the factory rom is so I can do this ? Ah man, help me please :O

Other than that, I guess I'll have to have motorola take a look at it since I don't have it signed up to a verizon account, my bet is that verizon won't help me. thanks
[Droid X General] kdkinc:
Did a system "full reboot" help any??
[Droid X General] stevey500:
No :( it hard resets normally and reboots to the welcome wizard, functions perfectly, but still "No Service" and "unknown" baseband in the settings...

I'm thinking I'll have to have the stock Rom file to flash my phone, hopefully this will flash the factory baseband too or maybe tomorrows update will fix my broken baseband, looks like from the information, it updates the baseband, wonder if it will update a totally dysfunctional baseband?

Yikes,.. this blows.
[Droid X General] SiXiam:
I don't understand why you didn't back up the rom if you were attempting something like this. :confused:

There is a Droid X update coming pretty soon, so I'm sure by that time the new rom will be available.
[Droid X General] stevey500:
Well, I backed up the NV items, I figured that would be sufficient, guess not, Trial and error I suppose, but you're right.

What software do I use to back up the rom of the Droid X ? I know there is a key sequence on the Droid, what about the droid X ? The recovery screen (Power + Home) brings me to a menu allowing system recovery/wipe install update.zip from memory card, and thats it.

I have a buddy right here in town down the block that got the droid x with me, can I back the rom up off of his and flash that rom to my phone?

Help is SO appreciated...

EDIT

The system dumps that are floating around the web, is that a ROM backup ? http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-hacks/114-new-droid-x-retail-dump-straight-out-pot.html

Can I put that file in the SD card as update.zip and flash it?
[Droid X General] jork_C:
why not use QXDM to modify the ESN?